DIY, auf deutsch
Having been in Germany for almost four years now, I feel pretty comfortable with the language. I watch movies in German, I read books in German, I write emails in German—basically, my whole life takes place in German, and I haven’t had that frustrated “adult mind trapped inside a child’s vocabulary” feeling of frustration in years now.
Until last month.
Last month I gave a little house and started renovating. Now, you should probably know that I am one of those people who doesn’t have a clue about building. I would have liked to keep it that way, but then some nice people gave me my little house for free, just because they didn’t feel like doing any of the work that it needed. So I grudgingly, hopefully, decided I would try.
